Safety pin



C. L. STRAUSS.

SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.14. 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

Application filed January 14, 1921. Serial No. 437,270.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROL LEWIS S'rnauss, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Millinocket, in the county of Penobscot and State ofMaine, have invented a new and useful Safety Pin, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a safety pin to be used. in connection with abrooch clasp to prevent the loss of the brooch in case of the slippingof the clasp and to hold the brooch in position.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my invention and Fig. 2 an end view. Fig. 3 isa perspective I view, with the clasp closed. Fig. at is a side view,showing the method of operation.

1 is the base of the brooch. 2 is a clasp pin which is attached to thebase 1 by any suitable fastening. I here show the clasp pin, pivotallyattached to a bearing 3 by a shaft 4:. The clasp pin 2 has preferably anenlargement or stop 5 at its pivoted end which limits its downwardmovement, but is free to move upwardly, that is, away from the base. Acatch 6 receives the free end of the pin 2 and holds it down against thespring pressure caused by the stop 5. This is all well known and anysimilar pin fastening may be used.

The novelty of my invention consists in combining with the clasp abovedescribed or any similar clasp, a safety pin 7 of substantial lengthattached to the base beside the catch 6 and running in the oppositedirection from the clasp pin 2 along the base of the brooch andapproximately parallel with the clasp pin 2. It should be long enough topierce'the cloth twice.

I push the clasp pin 2 through the gar- Inent, preferably so that thecloth will bunch near the head of the clasp .pin 2 and then draw thebrooch to the right, thus inserting the pin 7 so that when the cloth isstraightened out the cloth will be pierced twice by each pin, with bothpins well buried in the garment. Any movement of the pin thereafter willonly embed one of the pins deeper in the garment, whether the catch 6 isre leased or not and moreover, the brooch is held against turning.

I claim:

In a brooch or similar article; the combination of a clasp pin attachedat one end to the body of the brooch, the pin extending beneath the bodyof the brooch and having its free end movable from and toward thebrooch; a catch arranged to limit the movement of the movable end ofsaid clasp pin from the brooch when engaged therewith and to permitdisengagement of said pin from the catch, and a safety pin attached tothe brooch body beside the catch, directly beneath the body of thebrooch, said safety pin running from its point of attachmentapproximately parallel to the base of the brooch and extending towardthe end of the brooch to which the clasp pin is attached.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CAROL LE WIS STRAUSS.

